Parmar also known as Panwar or Pawar is a Rajput clan that claims descent from the Agnivanshi lineage. The capital of the Parmara Rajput dynasty was Ujjain, and later shifted to Dhar region of Madhya Pradesh also founders of Rohtak. A branch of Parmars, known as the Sodha Rajputs, ruled the Amarkot region of Sindh province, Pakistan.
They are mainly found in Northern and Central India, especially in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh.